Windmill-regulator.



Patented Mar. 18. I902.

J. A. WALKER.

WINDIMLL REGULATOR.

(Application filed Dec. 2, 1901 (No Model.)

UNIliilr S'ra'rss ATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES A. \VALlilili, ()i ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONEIIALF TO CHARLES \V. \VICAYICR, Oh ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

WlNDiVilLL-REGULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,897, dated March 18, 1902. Apnlicnt-ion filed December 2. 1901v Serial No. 84,416. (No model.)

lie it known that l, Janus A. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1tockford, in the county of \v'innebago and State ot'lllinois, have invented certain new and. usefullmprovements in Windmill-Regulators, of which the following is a speeilieatirm.

'lho objectot thisinvention is to construct a regulator for windmills ce-itrolled by a float which automatically holds the mill out of the wind and permits it to move into t he wind,ac cording to the stage of water in the tank.

In the aecmnpanying drawings, Figure l is an edge elevation of myimproved regulator. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Figs. 23, it, and 5 are front face elevations. Fig. (i is a rear face view.

A bracket 1 has a central opening and two lugs 2. The upper end of this bracket has a stud 2'3 and a projection t. A lever 5 is pivotally supported by the stud i3 and has an extension formed with a hook (3. A weight 7 forms a part ofi this lever, and a plate 8 extends beyond the weight. A cord 19 has a connection with the lever 5. heel is formed with ratchet-teeth 9 and sprocketteeth 10. A lever 11 supportsa dog 12. 'l'he dog has a side wing 13 and two project ions 1'! and 15. The lever it and combined ratchet and sprocket wheel are pivotally supported by a bolt 16, passing through the braeketand any suitable support. A linked chain IT has a pivotal connection with the sprockct-scction of the combined ratchet and sprocket wheel through the medium of the piece 20, and a projection 18 extends from one of the links. The free end of the lever 5 has a connection with a float located in a tank through the cord 19, so that the rising and falling movements of the float will rock the lever in its connection with the bracket 1 and move the hook ti into and out of engagement with the teeth 9 of the ratchet portion of the combined ratchet and sprocket wheel. The arm 11 has aconnection with the pumping-rod 19 of the windmill, and as rod rcciprocates the arm will be oscillated and the dog 1:2, carried by the arm, will engage the teeth 9 of the ratchet portion of the combined ratchet and sprocket wheel.

With the parts in the position shown at Fig. 3 the water in the tank is low and the float connected to the lever 5 holds the hook (5 free of the teeth 9, and the wing 13 of the dog 12 will ride on the plate 8, and as the lever 11 oscillates the dog 12 will be held free of the teeth 9. The chain belt 17, connected to the sprocket portion of the combined ratchet and sprocket wheel, has a connection with the throw ing in and out mechanism of the windmill, and in the position shown in Fig. 3 the wind-wheel is in the wind and water is being pumped into the tank containing the float. \Vhen suilieient water has been pumped to raise the float, the lover 5 will be moved,allowing the hook to drop into engagementwith the teeth 9, and the plate 8 being a part of. the lever will move with it, when it will occupy the position shown at Fig. 4. The dog 12 will drop into engagement with the teeth 9, and as the lever 11 reciprocates the combined ratchet and sprocket wheel will be intermittently rotated, the hook (i preventing the backward movement of the wheel. As the wheel is rotated the chain will be wound around the wheel, which will pull the wind-wheel out of the wind, and when the projection 18, carried by one of the links of the chain, engages the projection 1t of the dog the dog will be thrown out of engagemeat with the teeth, as shown at Fig. 5, when the pumping-rod will cease moving. hen the water in the tank has lowered sufficiently to move the hook b out of engagement with the teeth 9, the wheel is free to revolve, and the mechanism at the windmill will draw on the chain 17, thereby partially rotating the wheel and allowing the wind-wheel to move into the wind. As the wheel starts to rotate backward the projection 15, carried by one of the links of the chain, will come in contact with the projection 15, extending from the dog 1;, and will throw the dog toward the wheel, and the wing 13 will rest upon the plate 8, when the parts will appear as shown at Fig. 3, and in this position the pumping-rod can move until sufficient water is pumped into the tank to raise the float, when the operations will be repeated. By this arrangement no attention need be paid to the apparatus or tank, as they are controlled entirely by the movement of the float. As the movcwent required to move the wind'wheel in and out of the wind varies, the link having the projection 18 can be inserted at any point of the chain belt, so as to give the required movement. The projection acts as a stop to the movement of the lever 5 in one direc- I have not shown the windmill or tank, with its float, as such parts are well understood.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a windmill-regulatonthe combination of a suitable support, a ratchet-wheel, apivoted bar, a dog pivotally supported by the bar, a lever having a hook engaging the ratchetwheel and provided with a projection serving to hold the dog free of the ratchet-wheel, and a projection movable with ,the ratchet- Wheel adapted to move the dog into and out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel.

2. In awindmill gegnlatoiythecombination of a suitable support, a ratchet-wheel, a pivoted bar, a dog pivotally supported by the her having two projections, a lever having a hook engaging the ratchet-wheel and provided with a projection serving to hold the dog free of the ratchet-wheel, a band connected to. the ratchet-wheel carrying a projection adapted to engage the projection of the dog.

3. In a windmill-1'egulator,the combination of asnitable support, a ratchet-wheel, a pivoted bar, a dog pivotally supported by the bar and having two projections, a projection movable with the ratchet-wheel adapted to engage the projections of the dog and move the dog into and out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel, and a dog holding the ratchetwheel against backward movement.

JAMES A. WALKER.

Witnesses:

A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL. 

